TheSpoonMan wrote:djm wrote:Steamwalker wrote:
Not sure why someone would post to a thread about a charity to say that they don't support the charity. Keep it to yourself, bub.
It's easy to quote a statement and take it out of context. The gutter press does it all the time.
I have no objection to anyone bringing up their pet charities here at C&F. A thread dedicated to that charity is a fine idea, as far as I'm concerned. I simply object to others telling me what charities I am to give to, as was suggested above, i.e. that everyone on C&F should make Doc Jones' personal choice of charity our own. Note that Doc Jones did not, himself, make this suggestion.
I may or may not choose to give to Doc Jones' personal choice for a charity. That is my business and my concern, and not something to be preached at me or at anyone else. That is what I object to.
djm
What's meant by a "board cause"? If all that means is a link on the front page, that seems fine. But if having a "board cause" will result in any kinda marginalization of or bad feelings towards someone who doens't support it, then that's wrong. I agree with djm that each person should give to what they like, so if having a "board cause" would hamper that freedom, or create an atmosphere where it wants to be hampered, that's wrong.
The idea of a link on the front page seems fine to me too.
My post began 'Let me express the hope...' It's my hope,
nothing more, and then I encouraged people to send money.
There's nothing coercive in this. I'm not telling people
what to do or saying: 'You SHOULD do this!' That's the last thing I want.
If you don't want to give to this, for heaven's sake,
don't do it! It's your money, for crying out loud. Do what
you want with it, spend it on the charity of your choice
or on yourself or whatever you want. That's none of our
business. I agree with djm that
each person should give to what they like.
If ever anything was meant to be entirely voluntary,
this is it. That's the only way it could work.
I just hope people will voluntarily want to give to this, enough of us so that
in some way we can go about it collectively--that is,
those of us who want to.
Sometimes in the past we have, a large number of us, rallied
round someone in need. On one occasion we raised a lot
of money so that the wife of a member could get
heart surgery. There was no blame for those who didn't
give, nobody was marginalized. In fact, there was
no way to know who had or hadn't given, but nobody
cared about that. The plea appeared, we
got minimally organized and those of us who wished
to help did so.
There has got to be some way to make such a proposal
without blaming or commanding or marginalizing or setting
up some tyranny. Just a well meant suggestion, entirely
optional. This is it.
Personally I think it would
be swell if those of us here who like the idea of doing it
adopted this orphanage. Or rallied round it.
Again your idea of a sticky seems
good (Dale, how bout that?).
If this isn't for you, God bless you! And for those of us
who like this idea, maybe we can get up a sticky.
But you know, if people think this isn't a good idea,
that's fine with me.
Freely given, freely given....
